Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
1 Day

Course Description and Audience:
This course is developed to assist Engineers and Managers in reducing risk and solving
problems with new and existing products and processes in order to reduce defects and
failures.  This course is designed for those individuals who work on various aspects of
product development, new process introduction and manufacturing.  It is assumed they
come from many different backgrounds, disciplines, education levels and will be working
on a variety of product and process areas across many departments of the company.

 

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course the participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the various types of FMEAs.
  2. Apply the basic steps for FMEA generation.
  3. Know when and how to apply FMEA to product designs and internal processes.
  4. Identify potential design or assembly issues which will impact customer product performance, PPM rates and yields.
  5. Prioritize and manage improvement opportunities from FMEA results

Software:  Excel  .      
Prerequisites:  None.

Detailed Course Outline:

Introduction to FMEA
History of FMEA
The FMEA method
When should FMEAs be developed?
Types of FMEAs
Benefits

Preparation
Determine scope and objectives
Identify FMEA participants
Organize and review relevant data

FMEA Generation
Develop process flow diagram
Identify potential failure modes
Determine effects of failure modes
Identify potential causes of the failure
Determine potential controls for causes
Determine current containment for failures
Compute RPNs for each potential failure

FMEA Action Plans
Prioritize failure modes
Determine recommended actions
Assign owners
Verify effectiveness with new data
Review and update FMEA